Found 3 items, similar to Posture.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: posture
sikap, sikap badan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: posture
posture
n 1: position or arrangement of the body and its limbs;
“he
assumed an attitude of surrender” [syn:
position,
attitude]
2: characteristic way of bearing one's body;
“stood with good
posture” [syn:
carriage,
bearing]
3: a rationalized mental attitude [syn:
position,
stance]
4: capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect
the capacity to fight a war;
“we faced an army of great
strength”;
“politicians have neglected our military
posture” [syn:
military capability,
military strength,
strength,
military posture]
v 1: behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others;
“Don't pay any attention to him--he is always posing to
impress his peers!”;
“She postured and made a total fool
of herself” [syn:
pose]
2: assume a posture as for artistic purposes;
“We don't know
the woman who posed for Leonardo so often” [syn:
model,
pose,
sit]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Posture
Posture
\Pos"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Postured; p.
pr. & vb. n.
Posturing.]
To place in a particular position or attitude; to dispose the
parts of, with reference to a particular purpose; as, to
posture one's self; to posture a model. --Howell.
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Posture
\Pos"ture\ (?; 135), n. [F., fr. L. positura, fr.
ponere, positum, to place. See
Position.]
1. The position of the body; the situation or disposition of
the several parts of the body with respect to each other,
or for a particular purpose; especially (Fine Arts), the
position of a figure with regard to the several principal
members by which action is expressed; attitude.
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Atalanta, the posture of whose limbs was so lively
expressed . . . one would have sworn the very
picture had run. --Sir P.
Sidney.
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In most strange postures
We have seen him set himself. --Shak.
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The posture of a poetic figure is a description of
his heroes in the performance of such or such an
action. --Dryden.
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2. Place; position; situation. [Obs.] --Milton.
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His [man's] noblest posture and station in this
world. --Sir M. Hale.
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3. State or condition, whether of external circumstances, or
of internal feeling and will; disposition; mood; as, a
posture of defense; the posture of affairs.
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The several postures of his devout soul.
--Atterbury.
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Syn: Attitude; position. See
Attitude.
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Posture
\Pos"ture\, v. i.
1. To assume a particular posture or attitude; to contort the
body into artificial attitudes, as an acrobat or
contortionist; also, to pose.
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2. Fig.: To assume a character; as, to posture as a saint.
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